The geodynamic evolution of the Precaspian Basin (Kazakhstan) along a north-south section

Tectonophysics

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 85-106

  Brunet, Marie Françoise ^a   A Volozh, Yuri ^b   Antipov, Mikhail P ^b   Lobkovsky, Leopold I ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Ctr for Sedimentary Basin Research   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Crust; Eclogites; Kazakhstan; Precaspian basin; Salt; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; GEODYNAMICS; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE;

KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 0033544464     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00191-2     Document Type: Article

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